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Ecosystem

A biological community of interacting living organisms and their physical environment. The living and physical components are linked together through nutrient cycles and energy flows


Ecotoxicology

The study of the effects of toxic chemicals on biological organisms


Energy Mix

The specific combination of different energy sources a country, for example, uses to meet its energy consumption needs


Erosion

Where particles or fragments are weathered from rock material


Eutrophication

When a water body becomes enriched with nutrients which lead to the growth of algae


Evaporation

Where water returns to the atmosphere because water is heated up, so the water molecules change from liquid to gas



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